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On the Identification of Body Fluids and Tissues: A Crucial Link in the Investigation and Solution of Crime
Body fluid and body tissue identification are important in forensic science as they can provide key evidence in a criminal investigation and may assist the court in reaching conclusions. Establishing a link between identifying the fluid or tissue and the DNA profile adds further weight to this evide...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8617621/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34828334 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/genes12111728 |
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description | Body fluid and body tissue identification are important in forensic science as they can provide key evidence in a criminal investigation and may assist the court in reaching conclusions. Establishing a link between identifying the fluid or tissue and the DNA profile adds further weight to this evidence. Many forensic laboratories retain techniques for the identification of biological fluids that have been widely used for some time. More recently, many different biomarkers and technologies have been proposed for identification of body fluids and tissues of forensic relevance some of which are now used in forensic casework. Here, we summarize the role of body fluid/ tissue identification in the evaluation of forensic evidence, describe how such evidence is detected at the crime scene and in the laboratory, elaborate different technologies available to do this, and reflect real life experiences. We explain how, by including this information, crucial links can be made to aid in the investigation and solution of crime. |
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spelling | pubmed-86176212021-11-27 On the Identification of Body Fluids and Tissues: A Crucial Link in the Investigation and Solution of Crime Sijen, Titia Harbison, SallyAnn Genes (Basel) Review Body fluid and body tissue identification are important in forensic science as they can provide key evidence in a criminal investigation and may assist the court in reaching conclusions. Establishing a link between identifying the fluid or tissue and the DNA profile adds further weight to this evidence. Many forensic laboratories retain techniques for the identification of biological fluids that have been widely used for some time. More recently, many different biomarkers and technologies have been proposed for identification of body fluids and tissues of forensic relevance some of which are now used in forensic casework. Here, we summarize the role of body fluid/ tissue identification in the evaluation of forensic evidence, describe how such evidence is detected at the crime scene and in the laboratory, elaborate different technologies available to do this, and reflect real life experiences. We explain how, by including this information, crucial links can be made to aid in the investigation and solution of crime. MDPI 2021-10-28 /pmc/articles/PMC8617621/ /pubmed/34828334 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/genes12111728 Text en © 2021 by the authors. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). |
spellingShingle | Review Sijen, Titia Harbison, SallyAnn On the Identification of Body Fluids and Tissues: A Crucial Link in the Investigation and Solution of Crime |
title | On the Identification of Body Fluids and Tissues: A Crucial Link in the Investigation and Solution of Crime |
title_full | On the Identification of Body Fluids and Tissues: A Crucial Link in the Investigation and Solution of Crime |
title_fullStr | On the Identification of Body Fluids and Tissues: A Crucial Link in the Investigation and Solution of Crime |
title_full_unstemmed | On the Identification of Body Fluids and Tissues: A Crucial Link in the Investigation and Solution of Crime |
title_short | On the Identification of Body Fluids and Tissues: A Crucial Link in the Investigation and Solution of Crime |
title_sort | on the identification of body fluids and tissues: a crucial link in the investigation and solution of crime |
topic | Review |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8617621/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34828334 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/genes12111728 |
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